The other day I took a drive to Parys with a friend for the day. We saw some really cool things, but sadly we didn’t buy a lot. At all. Which is really not like me, at all. There were things I desperately wanted, like the vintage plastic brooches below and the toy metal typewriter, which I have never seen before, but the man who owned that particular shop was not selling much of his precious loot and he was no where to be seen, so I couldn’t even cry like a baby to try change his mind. Half his stock wasn’t ‘for sale’ it was just on display, which was very frustrating, to say the least.

But anyway… if you have never been to Parys, I would suggest taking a drive out there. There are quite a few very cool little stores packed to the rafters with antiques. Some of the stuff  isn’t badly priced, some of it is unfortunately pricy, but it’s a nice afternoon out, if you are into that sort of thing.

I took some photos of some of the stuff and people we spotted along the way…By the way the Titanic compact below, is an original and it’s price tag was R4500. Yikes!

I did buy one piece of furniture, which I still haver to shoot. I will do a seperate post on it, so you can tell me what you think of my idea for it.

This is the first time ever that I would be proud enough to take my banana bread to a bake sale. Thank you Joy for giving me some banana bread cred.

Peanut Butter Banana Bread

Makes: one 9×5-inch loaf. I copy pasted this recipe from Joy the Baker and she adapted it from CookingLight.

1 1/2 cups mashed ripe bananas

1/3 cup plain or vanilla fat free yogurt

1/3 cup creamy all-natural peanut butter

3 tablespoons butter, melted

2 large eggs

1/2 cup granulated sugar

1/2 cup brown sugar

1 cup whole wheat flour

1/2 cup all-purpose flour

3/4 teaspoon baking soda

1/2 teaspoon salt

1/2 teaspoon ground cinnamon

1. Place a rack in the center of the oven and preheat to 350 degrees F. Grease and flour a 9×5-inch loaf pan. Set aside.

2. In a large bowl, whisk together flours, flaxseed meal, baking soda, salt, ground cinnamon and ground allspice.

3. In a medium bowl, whisk together mashed bananas, yogurt, peanut butter and melted butter. Whisk in eggs and sugars. Blend mixture until no sugar lumps remain.

4. Pour the wet mixture into the larger bowl with the dry ingredients. Fold together with a spatula until no more flour bits remain. Fold in the chopped nuts as well. Pour the batter into the prepared baking pan and cake for 55 to 65 minutes, or until a skewer inserted into the center of the loaf comes out clean.

5. Remove from the oven and allow to cool in the pan for 20 minutes before running a butter knife along the edges of the pan and inverting the bread onto a wire rack to cool completely.

Here are some of the things I bought Shane for his birthday. If you are looking for some nice presents for your male loved one, I would check out Feiyue’s new line of sneakers. They have some damn cool styles floating around. I got Shane the leather wool felt pair above and if they came in semi-midget size (size 4) I totally would of nabbed a pair for myself too. I also got him a ver nice green sweater from Country Road and some t-shirts, because a man can never have enough t-shirts – I’m sure that is part of an ancient wise saying from the 90′s or something.

]]> http://luckypony.co.za/happy-birthday-have-some-peanut-butter-banana-bread-hooray/feed/ 4 http://luckypony.co.za/as-far-as-im-concerned-johnny-depp-is-a-vampire/?utm_source=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=as-far-as-im-concerned-johnny-depp-is-a-vampire http://luckypony.co.za/as-far-as-im-concerned-johnny-depp-is-a-vampire/#comments Tue, 15 May 2012 08:31:52 +0000 angie http://luckypony.co.za/?p=15959 Last night we went to go watch Dark Shadows which is a remake of an American gothic soap opera that originally aired from 1966 to 1971. The show was hugely popular back in the day, until Jonathan Frid the man who originally played Johnny Depp’s part refused to renew his contract after 5 seasons and so the show came to an end. Then Tim Burton decided to resurrect it. I was really excited to see it because I love Tim Burton films and this was no disappointment. The art direction and sets were magical, the costumes were beautiful, in fact everything was so beautifully put together and thought out from the soundtrack to the make-up, that  it really made you feel like you were in a fantasy world – Mr Burton’s specialty.

Everyone in the movie had almost airbrushed skin, it was amazing. It made them all look almost too good to be true. And Johnny Depp still looks like he’s in his 20′s, I think that guy is really a vampire. For real. Eva Green and Michelle Pfiere were flawless and then there is this new girl that I have never seen before, Bella Heathcote - she is so beautiful she almost makes you want to hold your breath when you look at her. She plays Victoria Winters who comes to Collinwood to start a new life. Below is a picture of Alexandra Moltke who played Victoria in the 60′s and one of Bella who plays her now.

I think this movie was a whole lot of fun, even though I have read a few reviews by other people saying that they don’t like it and the comical spin that Tim Burton has taken on it – to that I say “get over yourselves”. It’s a visual treat for the eyes and something to get lost in for 113 minutes in true Burton style. Let me know if you have seen it and what you thought of it…

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